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“A great pity that the Agenda had a number of errors:Date Wednesday 28th May 2025 should read 20th May 2026Previous AGM was 28th May 2025Next AGM should be 26th May 2027It doesn't look good!”
Roland Portsmouth made a comment on Weekly Newsletter 15th May 3 weeks 11 hours ago
“In case some folk wish to know who the judge for the Theme competition on 22nd April is, Paul Hendley has just confirmed his presence for the event. ”
Dennis McKeever made a comment on Weekly Newsletter 10th April 1 month 4 weeks ago
“Could Time Passing be 2 rugby players throwing a clock to each other! Are you defining the theme or should it be left to the individual?”
Roland Portsmouth made a comment on Weekly Newsletter 3rd April 2 months 4 days ago
“Just to confirm. The themes for PDI are: Through a Frame, Textures/Patterns, From AboveFor prints they are Weather, Time passing (long exposure etc), Shadows/Silhouttes”
Alan West made a comment on Weekly Newsletter 3rd April 2 months 5 days ago
“Thanks for the reply Steve.  In that case, I will leave my images up and if there's time at the end I'll be happy to seek the opinions of the attendees.”
John Vahgatsi made a comment on FOCUS LIVE 4 months 4 days ago
“John, Focus is not only about editing images. It's a place for friendly discussion about images too. Alternatively, you could upload the images to the (inappropriately named) Showcase section of the website and ask for comments there.”
Steve Banks made a comment on FOCUS LIVE 4 months 5 days ago
“I submitted 3 pictures to Focus Live, but in hindsight I think they should be left out as they are not really what I think Focus is about.  One of the pictures I submitted was only to get opinions about whether the image works at all given the subtlety of the message (you'd have to look very closely to see what I mean) and the other two are of two night scenes with the moon in different positions and I wondered which of the two people think is better.  I am not looking for input to editing any of the images so I suspect this sort of opinion seeking is outside the scope of the Focus sessions.  And, I am not looking to put them in a competition anyway. Apologies. AND, by the way, I will not be able to come to the Tythings until 20:30 (again).”
John Vahgatsi made a comment on FOCUS LIVE 4 months 6 days ago
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Brian Howe made a comment on FOCUS LIVE 4 months 2 weeks ago
“Good pic Sue, probably my favourite pic of the evening”
Simon Smith made a comment on Waiting for the train 7 months 2 days ago
“Very intriguing title Chris for a very clever photograph! Indeed when you squint you can see the 'skull'. Are you refering to Philippe Halsman?”
Simon Smith made a comment on The closer you stand, the less you see, Mr Hallsman 7 months 2 days ago
“Thankyou. I am very grateful. I was very pleased with it. Happy fluke as ever!”
Francesca Maritan-Hawkins made a comment on Water Fountain 8 months 3 weeks ago
“Derek has contacted SPA about Denoise and received the followingDerekThis has very recently become unclear!In my current version 14.5.1   denoise has become integrated into the main 'detail' editing panel. The previous iteration certainly used generative AI.  'Manual' noise reduction is definitely safe.Will publish further details when all becomes clear.”
Alan West made a comment on SPA's document on AI in Post Processing 8 months 3 weeks ago
“Love this!”
Jenny Porch made a comment on Water Fountain 8 months 3 weeks ago
“Talk about shutting the gate after the horse has bolted.....or, it's too late, the Genie is out of the bottle.....or any other idiom you can think of.  Sheesh! ”
Susan Bennett made a comment on SPA's document on AI in Post Processing 9 months 1 day ago
“I believe the group that wrote this are effectively trying to draw a line in the sand, declaring that no further progress in photo editing should be allowed. You could call them the King Cnut of the photographic world!Rather than saying no AI should be allowed, we ought to be having a discussion about the image itself – and whether what is produced remains true to it.”
Neil Curnow made a comment on SPA's document on AI in Post Processing 9 months 2 days ago
“Interesting read - it goes much further than I expected and effectively means that Topaz Denoise as well as Photoshop 'remove' and neural filters are banned. I can see the rationale but no idea how this could ever be enforced.”
Andy Briggs made a comment on SPA's document on AI in Post Processing 9 months 6 days ago
“I agree with Simon. AI is now so entwined with Photoshop/Lightroom that it has now become unenforceable. ”
Rick Roberts made a comment on SPA's document on AI in Post Processing 9 months 6 days ago
“Good luck any club trying to enforce this, the AI distraction / object remove tool is with us now. Also how crazy, they seam to be saying that AI noise reduction whether Lightroom or Topaz is not allowed. ”
Simon Smith made a comment on SPA's document on AI in Post Processing 9 months 6 days ago